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856345

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date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution the UK made to the humanitarian aid delivered by UN aid convoys to Syria at the beginning of March.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>To date, the UK has committed £2.46 billion in response to the Syria crisis, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis. Of this, £491 million has been allocated to United Nations agencies in Syria to deliver humanitarian assistance, including through aid convoys, to Eastern Ghouta and other communities in Syria.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/03/2018 13:05:34 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

856346

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the child population in the UK is below the poverty line.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Low income statistics are the indicators most often used as a proxy for estimating poverty. However we recognise the need to understand the complex issues that some families face and to develop a new approach to tackling poverty and engrained disadvantage. Because the root causes are not financial, our approach goes beyond the safety net our welfare system provides.</p><p>Estimates for the percentage of children in low income are set out in the annual “Households Below Average Income” (HBAI) publication. Latest estimates for the United Kingdom (2015/16) show the percentage of children in relative low income on a Before Housing Costs basis was 20%</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 19/03/2018 14:04:12 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

850570

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that all patients with type 1 diabetes in England have access to flash glucose monitors.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Freestyle Libre, the flash glucose monitoring system was included in Part IX of the England and Wales Drug Tariff from November 2017. People with diabetes insipidus or diabetes mellitus (except where treatment is by diet alone) - which includes type 1 and type 2 diabetes - are eligible for free National Health Service prescriptions if they hold a valid medical exemption certificate. However, patients will need to discuss the ongoing management of their condition with their healthcare professional and consider what is most suitable for them.</p><p>Within its financial constraints, the NHS is committed to providing access to new drugs and medical technologies. Ultimately it is for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), who are primarily responsible for commissioning diabetes services, to meet the requirements of their population. In doing so, CCGs need to ensure that the services they provide are fit for purpose, reflect the needs of the local population and are based on the available evidence and take into account national guidelines.</p><p>Reducing variation in the management and care of people with diabetes by 2020 is an objective included in the NHS England mandate. The NHS RightCare diabetes pathway shows the core components of an optimal diabetes service, as well as evidence of the opportunity to reduce variation. People with diabetes insipidus or diabetes mellitus (except where treatment is by diet alone) - which includes type 1 and type 2 diabetes - are eligible for free NHS prescriptions if they hold a valid medical exemption certificate.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5915 HL5916 question first answered 13/03/2018 15:47:24 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

850571

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that all Clinical Commissioning Groups are adequately funded to supply flash glucose monitors to all patients with type 1 diabetes.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Freestyle Libre, the flash glucose monitoring system was included in Part IX of the England and Wales Drug Tariff from November 2017. People with diabetes insipidus or diabetes mellitus (except where treatment is by diet alone) - which includes type 1 and type 2 diabetes - are eligible for free National Health Service prescriptions if they hold a valid medical exemption certificate. However, patients will need to discuss the ongoing management of their condition with their healthcare professional and consider what is most suitable for them.</p><p>Within its financial constraints, the NHS is committed to providing access to new drugs and medical technologies. Ultimately it is for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), who are primarily responsible for commissioning diabetes services, to meet the requirements of their population. In doing so, CCGs need to ensure that the services they provide are fit for purpose, reflect the needs of the local population and are based on the available evidence and take into account national guidelines.</p><p>Reducing variation in the management and care of people with diabetes by 2020 is an objective included in the NHS England mandate. The NHS RightCare diabetes pathway shows the core components of an optimal diabetes service, as well as evidence of the opportunity to reduce variation. People with diabetes insipidus or diabetes mellitus (except where treatment is by diet alone) - which includes type 1 and type 2 diabetes - are eligible for free NHS prescriptions if they hold a valid medical exemption certificate.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5914 HL5916 question first answered 13/03/2018 15:47:25 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

850572

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of why flash glucose monitors are available to patients in some parts of England and not in others.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Freestyle Libre, the flash glucose monitoring system was included in Part IX of the England and Wales Drug Tariff from November 2017. People with diabetes insipidus or diabetes mellitus (except where treatment is by diet alone) - which includes type 1 and type 2 diabetes - are eligible for free National Health Service prescriptions if they hold a valid medical exemption certificate. However, patients will need to discuss the ongoing management of their condition with their healthcare professional and consider what is most suitable for them.</p><p>Within its financial constraints, the NHS is committed to providing access to new drugs and medical technologies. Ultimately it is for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), who are primarily responsible for commissioning diabetes services, to meet the requirements of their population. In doing so, CCGs need to ensure that the services they provide are fit for purpose, reflect the needs of the local population and are based on the available evidence and take into account national guidelines.</p><p>Reducing variation in the management and care of people with diabetes by 2020 is an objective included in the NHS England mandate. The NHS RightCare diabetes pathway shows the core components of an optimal diabetes service, as well as evidence of the opportunity to reduce variation. People with diabetes insipidus or diabetes mellitus (except where treatment is by diet alone) - which includes type 1 and type 2 diabetes - are eligible for free NHS prescriptions if they hold a valid medical exemption certificate.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5914 HL5915 question first answered 13/03/2018 15:47:25 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

850573

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 20,000 refugees that the UK pledged to receive from Syria by 2020 have arrived.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to publishing data in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. Latest statistics published on 22 February confirmed that a total of 10,538 vulnerable people have been resettled under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) since the start of the scheme.</p><p>The statistics are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/03/2018 17:43:53 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

850574

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Syria: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional steps they have taken in the last six months to respond to the escalating violence in Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK is gravely concerned by the escalation of airstrikes and violence in Syria, particularly in Eastern Ghouta and Idlib, which has exacerbated the already dire humanitarian situation. The UK joined our close partners in mobilising the Security Council to demand a ceasefire across the whole of Syria and the immediate delivery of emergency aid to all in need through UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2401. The resolution was unanimously adopted on 24 February. On 27 February, the Minister of State for Europe and the Americas, Sir Alan Duncan, met the Russian Ambassador to the UK, Alexander Yakovenko, to stress UK concern at the current situation in Syria, particularly the crisis in Eastern Ghouta. He urged Russia to use its influence to ensure the Syrian regime adhered to the ceasefire to allow rapid, unimpeded and sustained humanitarian access and non-conditional medical evacuations. On 5 March, the UN Human Rights Council passed a UK-led resolution on the human rights situation in Eastern Ghouta.</p><p>Through our position on the UN Security Council and International Syria Support Group, the UK continues to urge all parties to engage in the UN-led Geneva process, as mandated by UNSCR 2254, whose aim is a national political settlement that would end the conflict. The UK is the third largest bilateral humanitarian donor to the Syrian crisis and has committed £2.46 billion to date. In addition, we have provided over £200 million through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund to support Syrians to help save lives, bolster civil society, counter extremism, promote human rights and accountability, and lay the foundations for a more peaceful future. This includes support to the White Helmets who have saved over 100,000 lives in the Syrian conflict. In December, we supported and lobbied for UNSCR 2393 which provides for humanitarian aid to be delivered cross-border into Syria. The UK will continue to use all diplomatic tools to work for a political settlement that ends the war and suffering, and provides stability for all Syrians and the wider region.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/03/2018 17:08:54 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

846695

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Interviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Home Office staff in the UK are directly involved in interviewing applicants for refugee status.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Decisions on asylum (refugee) claims are made by Decision Makers within the Asylum Intake and Casework Unit and the Home Office has rolling recruitment campaigns to ensure the number of Decision Makers are maintained at a level that allows the Home Office to progress cases in line with service standards.</p><p>We are committed to delivering an asylum process that is sensitive to the needs of the claimants so that sufficient information can be obtained to facilitate fair and sustainable decisions on asylum claims.</p><p>All interviewing personnel receive extensive training on interviewing and considering asylum claims, and must follow published Home Office policy guidance when conducting screening and substantive asylum interviews and considering asylum claims.</p><p>We do not hold information on the time staff spend in the role of Decision Maker however we have a staff retention plan to identify the factors leading to staff attrition. We are aware that the role of asylum decision maker results in staff hearing, often distressing accounts and managers are aware of the need to support staff.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5751 HL5752 HL5753 HL5754 HL5755 question first answered 26/02/2018 17:01:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

846696

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Interviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what training those involved in interviewing applicants for refugee status receive; and what assessment they have made of the adequacy of such training.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Decisions on asylum (refugee) claims are made by Decision Makers within the Asylum Intake and Casework Unit and the Home Office has rolling recruitment campaigns to ensure the number of Decision Makers are maintained at a level that allows the Home Office to progress cases in line with service standards.</p><p>We are committed to delivering an asylum process that is sensitive to the needs of the claimants so that sufficient information can be obtained to facilitate fair and sustainable decisions on asylum claims.</p><p>All interviewing personnel receive extensive training on interviewing and considering asylum claims, and must follow published Home Office policy guidance when conducting screening and substantive asylum interviews and considering asylum claims.</p><p>We do not hold information on the time staff spend in the role of Decision Maker however we have a staff retention plan to identify the factors leading to staff attrition. We are aware that the role of asylum decision maker results in staff hearing, often distressing accounts and managers are aware of the need to support staff.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5750 HL5752 HL5753 HL5754 HL5755 question first answered 26/02/2018 17:01:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

846697

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Interviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average number of months that immigration interview staff stayed in their roles in 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Decisions on asylum (refugee) claims are made by Decision Makers within the Asylum Intake and Casework Unit and the Home Office has rolling recruitment campaigns to ensure the number of Decision Makers are maintained at a level that allows the Home Office to progress cases in line with service standards.</p><p>We are committed to delivering an asylum process that is sensitive to the needs of the claimants so that sufficient information can be obtained to facilitate fair and sustainable decisions on asylum claims.</p><p>All interviewing personnel receive extensive training on interviewing and considering asylum claims, and must follow published Home Office policy guidance when conducting screening and substantive asylum interviews and considering asylum claims.</p><p>We do not hold information on the time staff spend in the role of Decision Maker however we have a staff retention plan to identify the factors leading to staff attrition. We are aware that the role of asylum decision maker results in staff hearing, often distressing accounts and managers are aware of the need to support staff.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5750 HL5751 HL5753 HL5754 HL5755 question first answered 26/02/2018 17:01:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno